Being Involved in the Community
Regular readers know that I enjoy being involved in the SQL Server community. Over the last two and a half...
2010-03-19
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Blog Posts
Licensing SQL Server Reporting Services
I have my license here somewhere, officer.
Licensing models can sometimes make database modeling seem trivial. Per processor or per seat?...
2010-03-19
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Losing Two Days
I’m off tomorrow to the UK for a week of work at the Red Gate offices, and then a couple...
2010-03-19
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Security Audit
Of late I have seen a lot of questions on how to audit the logins and users on each SQL...
2010-03-19
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SQL Log Shipping – by Abi Chapagai
SQL Server 2008 High Availability Solution: Log Shipping
In SQL Server, transaction log provides an ability to recover a database...
2010-03-19
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SSRS - Formatting Mutiple Columns
Often when designing reports you are required to apply the same formatting to multiple columns in one table or matrix....
2010-03-19
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Tally Table CTE
Now that I have several posts on what you can do with a Tally table, I figured I'd share my...
2010-03-19
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When It "Has" to Use SA...
As an infrastructure and security architect, I cringe any time any one mentions the following:
Domain AdminrootsaThose accounts can do anything...
2010-03-19
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Windows Themes (We need a PASS Theme!)
I imagine most of us change our wallpaper on the desktop from time to time. Frivolous but fun, a simple...
2010-03-19
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Changing Storage for your SQL Server
A friend pinged me the other day with a question on SQL Server storage. He works as a Windows consultant,...
2010-03-18
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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